Sorana Cirstea stuns Daria Kasatkina 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in Dubai on Monday after playing a marvellous match to fight against Alycia Parks in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 14 minutes. Her best result in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Romanian added to her prize money $ 6,600 after winning this match. She has already won $ 23,500 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Romanian will add $ 18,100 to her earnings to get in total $ 41,600 in total.
Highlights Sorana Cirstea vs. Daria Kasatkina Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:14
At the end of the match, Sorana scored 60 points vs. Kasatkina’s 45.
Cirstea
Sorana was great in converting all the break points (6/6).
Kasatkina
On the other side, Darya was battling in converting her break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Cirstea and Kasatkina is 3-2 for Sorana.
Draw and next match H2H: Sorana Cirstea vs. Alycia Parks – stats
Cirstea will square off with Parks in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Sorana Cirstea and Alycia Parks since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Cirstea conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Daria Kasatkina in the 1st game (1-0). However, the Romanian managed to stage a good comeback to break Kasatkina 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Darya was eclipsed in the last 7 games of the set when the score went from 0-1 to 6-1.
The Romanian was unerring in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, Kasatkina was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 1st game (0-0 15-40).
They contested 43 points. Sorana conquered the set after winning 9 more points than the Russian (26-17). The Romanian dropped 9 points on serve (14-9). On the losing side, the Russian conceded 12 points on serve (8-12).
Cirstea had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Daria Kasatkina in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, Sorana managed to stage a great comeback to break Darya 3 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
A defining moment of this set was when Cirstea won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the score from 0-3 to 4-3.
Sorana was perfect in converting all her break points in the 5th (1-3 30-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). On the other side, Darya converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 62 points. Cirstea conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Darya (34-28). Sorana dropped 18 points on serve (22-18). On the losing side, Darya conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).
Tennis Scores in Dubai
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